2014 Football League One play-off final

December 2017 June 2020 2014 Football League One play-off final Wembley-Stadion 2013.jpg The match took place at Wembley Stadium. Leyton Orient 2 Rotherham United 2 Rotherham United won 4–3 on penalties 25 May 2014 Wembley Stadium London David Coote (Nottinghamshire) 43,401 2013 2015 The 2014 Football League One play-off final was an association football match which was played on 25 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Leyton Orient and Rotherham United to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from Football League One to the Football League Championship. The top two teams of the 2013–14 Football League One season gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2014–15 season in the Championship. Rotherham were aiming for back-to-back promotions while Leyton Orient had played in the third tier of English football since 2006. The game was refereed by David Coote in front of a Wembley crowd of more than 43,000 spectators. Leyton Orient took the lead in first half with a strike from Moses Odubajo and doubled their advantage five minutes later through Dean Cox. Alex Revell then pulled one back for Rotherham ten minutes into the second half before scoring his second with a strike from distance. The game ended 2–2 and went into extra time. No further goals were scored so the match was decided using a penalty shootout. Rotherham's Lee Frecklington saw his shot saved before his goalkeeper Adam Collin denied both Mathieu Baudry and Chris Dagnall to ensure a 4–3 victory. Rotherham United ended the following season in 21st position in the Football League Championship, one place above the relegation zone. Leyton Orient finished their next season 23rd in League One, and were relegated to Football League Two for the 2015–16 season. Their manager Russell Slade resigned from the club in September 2014 with them in 17th position, to take over at Cardiff City. Route to the final 2013–14 Football League One 2014 Football League play-offs main WDL Q right auto Football League One final table, leading positions WOL BRE LEY ROT PNE PET Wolverhampton Wanderers Brentford Leyton Orient Rotherham United Preston North End Peterborough United 31 10 5 89 31 28 10 8 72 43 25 11 10 85 45 24 14 8 86 58 23 16 7 72 46 23 5 18 72 58 complete Leyton Orient finished the regular 2013–14 season in third place in Football League One, the third tier of the English football league system, one place ahead of Rotherham United. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Football League Championship and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team. Leyton Orient finished eight points behind Brentford (who were promoted in second place) and seventeen behind league winners Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rotherham ended the season on the same number of points as Leyton Orient but with inferior goal difference. https://uk.soccerway.com/national/england/league-one/20132014/regular-season/ Soccerway 11 June 2020 League One – 2013/14 – regular seasonhttps://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-one/2014/ League One end of season table for 2013–14 season 11v11.com 11 June 2020 AFS Enterprises https://web.archive.org/web/20200611162457/https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-one/2014/ 11 June 2020 live Rotherham's opponents for the play-off semi-final was Preston North End and the first leg was played at Deepdale in Preston. Alex Revell scored for the visitors mid-way through the first half after picking the ball up around half-way and ran the length of Preston's half to score past Declan Rudd. A 25 yd on volley from Joe Garner four minutes into the second half to equalise the match; Rotherham manager Steve Evans described it as the "goal of the century". No further goals were scored and the match ended 1–1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27272618 Phil Cartwright BBC Sport 11 June 2020 10 May 2014 Preston North End 1–1 Rotherham United https://web.archive.org/web/20200611191729/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27272618 11 June 2020 live The return leg took place at Rotherham's New York Stadium five days later. Paul Gallagher put Preston ahead from a free kick after sixteen minutes, but headed goals from Wes Thomas and Lee Frecklington made it 2–1 to Rotherham at half time. Kieran Agard scored mid-way through the second half and the match ended 3–1, with Rotherham progressing to the final with a 4–2 aggregate victory. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27320966 BBC Sport Ian Woodcock 12 June 2020 15 May 2014 Rotherham United 3–1 Preston North End https://web.archive.org/web/20190922224233/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27320966 22 September 2019 live Leyton Orient faced Peterborough United in their play-off semi-final, with the first leg being played at London Road in Peterborough. Britt Assombalonga put the home team into the lead on 16 minutes after heading in a ball from Mark Little. Moses Odubajo equalised for Leyton Orient with 18 minutes of the game remaining, and the match ended 1–1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27272619 Peterborough 1–1 Leyton Orient BBC Sport 12 June 2020 10 May 2014 Chris Osborne https://web.archive.org/web/20200415144025/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27272619 15 April 2020 live The return match was played three days later at Brisbane Road. After a goalless first half, Dean Cox put Leyton Orient ahead in the 60th minute with a volley after his initial shot was blocked. Chris Dagnall doubled the lead with two minutes of regular time remaining, before Conor Washington scored a consolation goal two minutes into stoppage time. The match ended 2–1 to Leyton Orient who qualified for the final with a 3–2 aggregate score. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27289202 Leyton Orient 2–1 Peterborough United BBC Sport 11 June 2020 13 May 2020 Rob Stevens https://web.archive.org/web/20200415144034/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27289202 15 April 2020 live Match Background right|thumb|upright|alt=Russell Slade|Russell Slade (pictured in 2016) had lost play-off finals in 2006 and 2007 as Grimsby Town and Yeovil Town manager respectively. Rotherham United had featured in one play-off final prior to 2014, losing the 2010 Football League Two play-off final 3–2 to Dagenham & Redbridge at Wembley Stadium. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/8701564.stm Dag & Red 3–2 Rotherham BBC Sport 23 May 2020 30 May 2010 Paul Fletcher https://web.archive.org/web/20100531195834/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/8701564.stm 31 May 2010 live This was Leyton Orient's fourth appearance in the final of the play-offs, although they had won just once, in the 1989 Football League Fourth Division play-off final which was played over two legs against Wrexham. https://www.11v11.com/matches/leyton-orient-v-wrexham-03-june-1989-306790/ 11v11.com AFS Enterprises 12 June 2020 Leyton Orient v Wrexham, 03 June 1989 https://web.archive.org/web/20200612144641/https://www.11v11.com/matches/leyton-orient-v-wrexham-03-june-1989-306790/ 12 June 2020 live Orient's two defeats came in the 1999 Football League Third Division play-off final against Scunthorpe United at the old Wembley Stadium and in the 2001 Football League Third Division play-off final against Blackpool at the Millennium Stadium. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/355955.stm Garcia strike takes Iron up 29 May 1999 BBC Sport 12 June 2020 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/1353336.stm BBC Sport 12 June 2020 26 May 2001 Clockwatch: Blackpool 4–2 Orient https://web.archive.org/web/20030224185805/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/1353336.stm 24 February 2003 live The Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade had play-off final experience when his Grimsby Town team were beaten by Cheltenham Town in the 2006 Football League Two play-off final at the Millennium Stadium. He also lost at Wembley Stadium in the following season's Football League One play-off final as manager of Yeovil Town, who lost 2–0 against Blackpool. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/6686991.stm BBC Sport 15 June 2020 Yeovil 0–2 Blackpool Ian Hughes 27 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070913111424/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/6686991.stm 13 September 2007 live During the regular season, Rotherham had lost their away match at Leyton Orient 1–0 in October 2013 but won their home match 2–1. https://www.11v11.com/teams/leyton-orient/tab/matches/season/2014/ 11v11.com AFS Enterprises 13 June 2020 Leyton Orient football club match record: 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20200613130727/https://www.11v11.com/teams/leyton-orient/tab/matches/season/2014/ 13 June 2020 live The two clubs had faced each other in the play-offs previously, with Leyton Orient prevailing in the 1998–99 fourth tier play-off semi-final after a penalty shootout. Leyton Orient had played in League One since gaining promotion from the third tier in the 2005–06 season, https://www.leytonorient.com/club/history-honours/ History & Honours Leyton Orient F.C. 13 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200608102117/https://www.leytonorient.com/club/history-honours/ 8 June 2020 live while Rotherham United were seeking back-to-back promotions, having finished the 2012–13 season in second place in League One. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22228779 Rotherham 2–0 Aldershot BBC Sport 13 June 2020 27 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20200614024632/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22228779 14 June 2020 live Agard was Rotherham's highest scorer with 25 goals, while Dave Mooney was the top marksman for Leyton Orient with 19, followed by Kevin Lisbie on 16. The referee for the match was David Coote, representing the Nottinghamshire County Football Association. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/25/leyton-orient-rotherham-live-league-one-play-off-final The Guardian League One play-off final: Leyton Orient v Rotherham – as it happened Michael Butler 14 June 2020 24 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20200614081221/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/25/leyton-orient-rotherham-live-league-one-play-off-final 14 June 2020 live He had officiated Rotherham's 1–0 home win against Port Vale the previous month and had sent off Rotherham defender Richard Smallwood. https://www.themillers.co.uk/news/2014/may/play-off-final-referee-appointed/ Rotherham United F.C. 14 June 2020 19 May 2014 Play-Off Final referee appointed https://web.archive.org/web/20200614070927/https://www.themillers.co.uk/news/2014/may/play-off-final-referee-appointed/ 14 June 2020 live https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27016581 Rotherham United 1–0 Port Vale BBC Sport 14 June 2020 21 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20190708054241/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27016581 8 July 2019 live He also took charge of Leyton Orient's draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers in December 2013. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25482454 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Leyton Orient 14 June 2020 BBC Sport 29 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20190709113703/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25482454 9 July 2019 live Coote was assisted by Adam Nunn and Michael Salisbury, with Mick Russell acting as the fourth official. https://www.leytonorient.com/2014/05/19/play-off-final-officials-announced/ Leyton Orient F.C. 14 June 2020 Play-off final officials announced https://web.archive.org/web/20200614105102/https://www.leytonorient.com/2014/05/19/play-off-final-officials-announced/ 14 June 2020 live Leyton Orient named a squad for the final which was unchanged from their second leg semi-final play-off victory over Peterborough United, while Rotherham made one change, with Richard Brindley replacing Daniel Rowe on the bench. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27459498 BBC Sport 14 June 2020 25 May 2014 Phil Maiden Leyton Orient 2–2 Rotherham United (3–4 pens) https://web.archive.org/web/20170214103247/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27459498 14 February 2017 live Both managers considered their opposition team to be the favourites to win the match, while bookmakers Betfair gave marginally shorter odds on Rotherham than Leyton Orient to take the victory. https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/league-one-play-offs-leyton-orient-v-rotherham FourFourTwo 14 June 2020 League One Play-offs: Leyton Orient v Rotherham 23 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20200614095111/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/league-one-play-offs-leyton-orient-v-rotherham 14 June 2020 live https://betting.betfair.com/football/opta/league-one-playoff-final-opta-stats-leyton-orient-v-rotherham-200514-205.html Betfair 14 June 2020 24 May 2014 Joe Dyer League One Play-off Final Opta Stats: Leyton Orient v Rotherham https://web.archive.org/web/20200614095113/https://betting.betfair.com/football/opta/league-one-playoff-final-opta-stats-leyton-orient-v-rotherham-200514-205.html 14 June 2020 live First half The match kicked off in front of a Wembley Stadium crowd of 43,401 at around 3p.m. An early free kick from Ben Pringle after Frecklington was fouled was cleared by Leyton Orient. A minute later, Revell was brought down in the Rotherham box by Nathan Clarke but no penalty was awarded. In the 8th minute, the Rotherham goalkeeper Adam Collin took a free kick which Craig Morgan headed down to Thomas whose shot was gathered by Jamie Jones in the Leyton Orient goal. Rotherham continued to send in high balls into their opposition's area but to no avail. On 31 minutes, Scott Cuthbert received the first yellow card of the game after a foul on Pringle. Three minutes later, Rotherham's Morgan was also booked for his foul on Lisbie. Dean Cox took the resulting free kick which Clarke headed out, only for Odubajo to strike the ball left-footed through a crowd of players into the roof of the Rotherham goal to put Leyton Orient into a 1–0 lead after 34 minutes. After scoring, he removed his shirt and was shown Leyton Orient's second yellow card of the afternoon for excessive celebration. Five minutes later, a long ball was won by Mooney who lost control of it on the turn which allowed James Tavernier to head it clear only for Odubajo to take control of the ball. He took it to the byline and passed it across the six-yard box to for Cox to tap it in at the far post, doubling Leyton Orient's lead. Mathieu Baudry's header went over the crossbar two minutes later, and in stoppage time, Pringle's strike from outside the area was too high. The half finished with Leyton Orient holding a 2–0 lead. Second half right|thumb|upright|alt=Alex Revell|Alex Revell (pictured in 2015) scored two goals in five minutes for Rotherham United. No changes were made to either side during the half-time break, although Rotherham's assistant manager Paul Raynor was sent to the stands. The first chance of the second half fell to Tavernier whose direct free kick from 25 yd cleared the Leyton Orient wall but also the crossbar. In the 52nd minute, a similar free kick from Pringle flew over the Rotherham goal. Two minutes later, Rotherham made their first substitution of the game, with Brindley coming on to replace Thomas. On 54 minutes, a foul by Clarke saw a free kick awarded. Jones dropped the long ball and it fell to the former Leyton Orient player Revell who struck it into an empty net, halving Rotherham's deficit. Five minutes later, Revell doubled his tally from around 35 yd and brought the game level at 2–2; receiving the ball knocked down by Lisbie from a Pringle pass, he struck what Jonathan Liew of The Daily Telegraph described as a "remarkable volley that looped over Jones and into the net". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/league-one/10855279/Leyton-Orient-2-Rotherham-2-Rotherham-win-4-3-on-penalties-match-report.html Leyton Orient 2 Rotherham 2; Rotherham win 4–3 on penalties: match report 15 June 2020 25 May 2014 Jonathan Liew The Daily Telegraph https://web.archive.org/web/20200614211648/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/league-one/10855279/Leyton-Orient-2-Rotherham-2-Rotherham-win-4-3-on-penalties-match-report.html 14 June 2020 live On 64 minutes, Clarke was shown a yellow card for a foul. In the 74th minute, Leyton Orient made their first substitution of the afternoon, Cox being replaced by Shaun Batt. Two minutes later, Dagnall came on for Lisbie who was injured in an earlier tackle, before Rotherham's Joe Skarz was substituted for Robert Milsom for Rotherham. Tavernier was booked in the 78th minute and three minutes later, Agard sliced his shot wide of the Leyton Orient goal. Pringle was then booked in the 87th minute for a foul on Batt before both Agard and Tavernier missed with headers. Into stoppage time, Leyton Orient had a series of corners, none of which came to anything and the full-time whistle was blown with the game tied at 2–2. Extra time and penalties Both teams remained unchanged from the end of regular time, and three minutes into the first half of extra time, Mooney became the fourth Leyton Orient player to be booked after a foul on Frecklington. Two minutes later, Rotherham were denied a third goal when Jones tipped over a Cuthbert deflection from a Revell shot. Haris Vučkić, Rotherham's third and final substitute, came on to replace Revell in the last minute of the first half of extra time. Mooney was taken off at the start of the second half of extra time, with John Lundstram coming on. In a half of few chances, both sides saw shots blocked but no clear opportunities to score, and extra time ended 2–2, sending the final to a penalty shootout. Rotherham's Agard opened the shootout, scoring down the centre, with Lloyd James equalising with a strike into the top-right corner of the net. Frecklington's attempt was saved by Jones down to his left before Lundstram put Leyton Orient into a 2–1 lead with a high shot to the middle of the goal. Pringle then levelled the score before Clarke's strike into the bottom right-hand corner of the net once again saw Leyton Orient lead. Tavernier then scored in the top-left corner before Baudry saw his shot saved by Collins, with the score at 3–3 after four rounds of penalties. Smallwood's right-footed shot into the bottom-left corner put Rotherham ahead before Dagnall's strike down the centre was saved, and the penalty shootout ended 4–3 to Rotherham United. Details 25 May 2014 15:00 BST Leyton Orient 2–2 yes BBC report Rotherham United Odubajo 34Cox 39 Revell 55 60 James Lundstram Clarke Baudry Dagnall 3–4 Agard Frecklington Pringle Tavernier Smallwood Wembley Stadium, London 43,401 David Coote _leyton1314h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 Leyton Orient _thingreyborder _millers1314a _thingreyborder _sh2millers1314a _redline 959595 959595 959595 959595 959595 Rotherham United 1 Jamie Jones5 Scott Cuthbert 316 Mathieu Baudry15Nathan Clarke (c) 642 Elliot Omozusi11Moses Odubajo 354 Romain Vincelot8 Lloyd James7 Dean Cox 749 Kevin Lisbie 7610Dave Mooney 93 106Substitutes:12Jake Larkins3 Gary Sawyer21Marvin Bartley24John Lundstram 10614Shaun Batt 7423Chris Dagnall 7625Robbie SimpsonManager:Russell Slade300px21Adam Collin27James Tavernier 7820Craig Morgan (c) 344 Kári Árnason3 Joe Skarz 7722Kieran Agard8 Lee Frecklington36Richard Smallwood18Ben Pringle 8726Wes Thomas 549 Alex Revell 105Substitutes:1 Scott Shearer2 Richard Brindley 545 Claude Davis10Michael O'Connor15Robert Milsom 7728Haris Vučkić 10535Tom HitchcockManager:Steve Evans Assistant referees: Adam Nunn Michael Salisbury Fourth official: Mick RussellMatch rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. Statistics +Statistics Statistic Leyton Orient Rotherham UnitedTotal shots 9 16Shots on target 2 7Ball possession 55% 45%Corner kicks 6 4Fouls committed 20 11Yellow cards 4 3Red cards 0 0 Post-match Smallwood, on loan from Middlesbrough and scorer of the winning penalty, confessed that not only had he never visited Wembley Stadium prior to the final, he had "never taken a senior-level penalty before play-off final shootout winner". https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/richard-smallwood-not-taken-senior-7225942 Philip Tallentire TeessideLive 15 June 2020 6 June 2014 Richard Smallwood: 'I'd never taken a senior-level penalty before play-off final shootout winner' https://web.archive.org/web/20200615135916/https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/richard-smallwood-not-taken-senior-7225942 15 June 2020 live The Leyton Orient owner Barry Hearn stated that he would honour his promise to take his players to Las Vegas the week after the final, with Slade saying it could be "just the tonic they need". He went on to relate that Brentford had lost last year's final and then went on to win automatic promotion the following season and that would "be their model for success now". https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/league-one-play-off-final-leyton-orient-2-rotherham-2-match-report-rotherham-seal-promotion-after-9433874.html The Independent League One play-off final – Leyton Orient 2 Rotherham 2 match report: Rotherham seal promotion after penalty triumph Jack Pitt-Brooke 15 June 2020 25 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20200614102520/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/league-one-play-off-final-leyton-orient-2-rotherham-2-match-report-rotherham-seal-promotion-after-9433874.html 14 June 2020 live The Rotherham manager Evans dedicated the victory to two ill family members and recounted: "All season the boys have continued to fight adversity... You need to retain that inner belief". Asked how he encouraged the Rotherham second half performance, Evans said: "I just spoke to them about what it meant to them, to their families, their children, their mums and dads – about how they would feel looking back on this day when they are grandads." Slade was named joint manager of the season for League One, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers' Kenny Jackett. http://www.leaguemanagers.com/managers/russell-slade/ League Managers Association 15 June 2020 Russell Slade https://web.archive.org/web/20200615141857/http://www.leaguemanagers.com/managers/russell-slade/ 15 June 2020 live Rotherham United ended the following season in 21st position in the Football League Championship, one place and five points above the relegation zone. https://www.11v11.com/teams/rotherham-united/tab/leagueTables/2015/ League Championship table at close of 2014–15 season 11v11.com AFS Enterprises 15 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200615141856/https://www.11v11.com/teams/rotherham-united/tab/leagueTables/2015/ 15 June 2020 live Leyton Orient finished their next season 23rd in League One, and were relegated to Football League Two for the 2015–16 season. https://uk.soccerway.com/national/england/league-one/20142015/regular-season Soccerway 15 June 2020 League One – 2014/15 – regular season Slade had resigned from the club in September 2014 with them in 17th position, to take over at Cardiff City after Leyton Orient had refused permission for the Welsh club to talk to him. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29355312 24 September 2014 BBC Sport Russell Slade: Cardiff target resigns as Leyton Orient manager 15 June 2020 See also 2014 Football League Championship play-off final 2014 Football League Two play-off final References Category:EFL League One play-off finals One Play-off Final Play-off Final 2014 Play-off Final 2014 Football League One play-off final Football League One play-off final